GEOG 106 - Quiz 1 Review - center, and intersects the...

Quiz 1 Study guide (This is a short quiz: 12 points) Familiarize yourself with the following terms 1. Reference parallel – equator, zero degrees 2. Meridians (Longitudes) – divide the globe from pole to pole 3. Parallels (latitudes) – divide the globe crosswise into rings 4. Great circle – created when a plane passing through the center of the earth intersects with the Earth’s surface. It bisects the globe in to two equal halves. Meridians are halves of Great Circles. 5. Small circle – created when a pane passing through the earth, but not through the Earth’s

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